Abstract

Analysis by immunofluorescence-activated cell sorting of human peritoneal macrophages from patients undergoing intermittent peritoneal dialysis revealed that they express the CD11/CD18 surface antigens, with CD11b and CD18 as the predominant ones. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of immunoprecipitates obtained from lysates of 125I-labeled macrophages with rabbit polyclonal antibodies against the CD11a-c/CD18 complex or against CD18, revealed four radioactive bands corresponding to CD11a, CD11b, CD11c, and CD18. Monoclonal antibodies against CD11b and CD18 inhibited by 80 and 90%, respectively, the oxidative burst activation of the macrophages by type 1 fimbriated Escherichia coli, whereas monoclonal antibodies against CD11a, CD11c, and CD43 were without effect. Our results suggest that CD11b and CD18 (receptors for C3bi) serve also as receptors for mannose-specific E. coli on human peritoneal macrophages and may be involved in the lectinophagocytosis of the bacteria by these cells.

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